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Originally Posted by stustaff
But to be devild advocate for a second all baen are doing is selling less popular products cheaper. and with no drm to try and differentiate them in a market where they sell a 'on paper' anyway a less valuable product.
Why should Baen charge anymore than a couple of Dollars for an Ebook?? after all there are no printing or advertising or storage costs etc, surely $2 would be more reasonable.
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First, that you don't *like* the titles and authors in the Baen's stable does *NOT* mean these titles are 'less valuable'.
Second, after the sales of various titles reach a certain minimum, (there probably are other criteria affecting the move) they can be moved to Baen's Free Library, where they are available in most major ebook formats for immediate, no-DRM, *NO-COST* download. There they reside and act as marketing tools for newer books by the authors.
I *get* that you don't like Baen and that you don't like their marketing model, but don't presume to claim that your dislike means it doesn't work!
Derek